The Latest Breaking News from the US Coast Guard

The sanctioned oil tanker was captured by US forces on Wednesday last week.

A Venezuelan-linked oil tanker, seized by U.S. forces in the North Atlantic last week, has arrived in Scotland’s Moray Firth for replenishment. The Marinera, a Russian-flagged vessel previously known as Bella-1, was observed in waters off the north of Scotland on Tuesday, accompanied by a US Coast Guard vessel.

The Coast Guard said it's still searching for people who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. military attacked them days earlier

Points for creativity, zero for intelligence.

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro offered to hold talks with the Trump administration to fight drug-trafficking as his regime sustains increased pressure on different fronts.

The death toll from U.S. attacks against alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific now stands at 110 after three strikes in the Eastern Pacific on December 30.

The search, which spanned more than 690 square miles, was called off after about eight hours

A US official said the vessel was 'a sanctioned dark fleet vessel that is part of Venezuela’s illegal sanctions evasion.' The operation marks the second of its kind this weekend, and the third in less than two weeks.

AeroVironment just received a $4.8 million contract from the U.S. Coast Guard.